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W, 4/1: Vocabulary Quiz, "Benjamin Button." Begin Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio chapters. Read "Hands." How is Wing Biddlebaum a grotesque? GROTESQUE: a person who adopts an idea as a truth even though that "truth" is really a falsehood. A grotesque character will live his life thinking this falsehood is true, allowing it to shape his thinking and how he moves through the world.

Th, 4/2: Quiz over Anderson.

NO HW OVER SPRING BREAK.

PARCC TEST Schedule Monday through Thursday.

M, 4/13: Begin JD Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. Read chapters 1 - 5 for Thursday. Literary Analysis assigned today. While you read, examine the novel's characterization of its main character to determine his morality. Essay and all of its components due 5/5.